The study was conducted among the two farmer groups in Bhaktapur and Kavre districts of Nepal. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of IPM FFS on creating awareness and disseminating the knowledge on sustainable pest management to the farmers and to assess the relationships between enhanced IPM knowledge and adoption of IPM strategies by the farmers. The study has be...

The study was conducted among the two farmer groups in Bhaktapur and Kavre districts of Nepal. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the differences in belief, attitude and practices felt by the farmers after participation in the IPM FFS. The study has been based on data collected through personal interview with the farmers, focus group discussion, personal observation in the farmers f...

Small farms and smallholder farming systems play crucial roles in agricultural development in many developing countries. From the various rural development programs designed to support such farming systems, agricultural extension services are of at most importance. However, the benefit that farmers obtain from these services and the resulting impact depends, to a great extent, by their direct a...

the study focused on the analysis of production and marketing constraints of tomato among rural farmers in talensi nabdam district of upper east region of ghana.a total of 100 respondents were interviewed using questionnaire. data was analyzed using descriptive statistics to describe the socio economic characteristics of the farmers and kendall’s coefficient of concordance was used to rank the ...

This flash examines trends in market participation by smallholder farmers in rural central and northern Mozambique between 2008, when prices of many commodities rose to previously unseen levels, and 2011. Using panel data for 2008 and 2011, the analysis describes marketing dynamics – entry, exit, and persistence of participation, and the trends in marketing intensity associated with those dynam...

jazmoryan wetland is one of the most sensitive ecosystems in the south east of the country which is declining due to dam construction in upstream as well as deficiency of environmental water supply. the wetland seem to dry out due to its geographical location and construction of bampour diversion dam and jiroft reservoir dam on major rivers flowing to this wetland. one of the solutions proposed...